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Impact Report
| For plan | Plant Management Systems: Urban Horticulture (Roosevelt County) |
| Date | September 9, 2008, 5:49 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Africanized Bees moved into the county three years ago and have established themselves as part of the landscape. Due to their dangerous nature when agitated and the concentration at which they are found in the county this agent wanted to provide programming efforts about Africanized Bees for emergency responders in the county. This agent sought council in the spring of 2008 from the fire, police and sheriff’s departments about the interest and need for such a training. All agencies agreed that it would be beneficial. This agent recruited the help of a local pest control agency that does most of the bee removal work in the area to share their experiences and knowledge of bee management. The state entomologist was also in attendance to offer the expertise of bee anatomy and history. Twenty-five participants from five different agencies were present. Over 80% of those in attendance said that they had learned something new that they didn’t know before and they would change their habits of how they approach a potentially dangerous situation. This program served as a great refresher course on bee safety and even led to a newspaper article which provided general knowledge to the public. |